[PATCH] liveupdate: Document that retrieve failure is permanent

From: Tarun Sahu

Date: Mon Jun 08 2026 - 14:43:14 EST


Signed-off-by: Tarun Sahu <tarunsahu@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/uapi/linux/liveupdate.h | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/liveupdate.h b/include/uapi/linux/liveupdate.h
index 30bc66ee9436..a564d2bd05c1 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/liveupdate.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/liveupdate.h
@@ -168,7 +168,8 @@ struct liveupdate_session_preserve_fd {
* associated with the token and populates the @fd field with a new file
* descriptor referencing the restored resource in the current (new) kernel.
* This operation must be performed *before* signaling completion via
- * %LIVEUPDATE_IOCTL_FINISH.
+ * %LIVEUPDATE_IOCTL_FINISH. Once retrieve call is failed, retrieve status
+ * is saved. So it is permanent failure and retry is pointless.
*
* Return: 0 on success, negative error code on failure (e.g., invalid token).
*/

base-commit: 2d3090a8aeb596a26935db0955d46c9a5db5c6ce
prerequisite-patch-id: 30753743cdfab5c3c5355ecde725b6648f1b7a17
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2.54.0.1099.g489fc7bff1-goog